Crundale, Kent
Crundale | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | CANTERBURY | |
Postcode district | CT4 | |
Dialling code | 01227 | |
Police | Kent | |
Fire | Kent | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Crundale is a mostly rural village and
Geography
About a quarter of the village is woodland, and barring its western side which slopes steeply to the
Amenities
The community living in the civil parish is relatively small - many of its activities are shared with the neighbouring parish of Godmersham.
History
An early
The early Norman parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Blessed Virgin and is a building listed in the highest category of the national system, at Grade I.[3] It is on the escarpment of the Crundale Downs, a less eroded top layer of the escarpment, making it higher, about half a mile southeast of the village mainstay which is made up of dual clusters very close to each other and connected by road and by separate footpath.[4] The tombs of Juliana Hervey and Reverend Francis Paine are separately listed.
Recreation
A national trail footpath runs north–south through the civil parish, linking to Canterbury and to Ashford.[4]
References
- United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National StatisticsRetrieved 10 May 2014
- ^ British Museum Collection
- ^ Church to St Mary Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1299607)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ a b Outline civil parish map Neighbourhood Statistics. The Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
External links
Media related to Crundale, Kent at Wikimedia Commons
- Crundale Church at John E. Vigar's Kent Churches